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State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2007-12-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,693 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.2%, drawdown -46.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.2%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.29, 0% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.7%, MDD -13.4%, exposure 63%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.8%p (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -0.5%, exposure 0%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=40
0.2%-0.5%0.290.481.0x20%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=51, exitN=101
0.7%-13.4%0.150.051.1x2463%
ROC 모멘텀
n=26, threshold=0.1
0.3%-8.2%0.100.031.1x121%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=134
0.2%-15.9%0.070.011.0x2853%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=201
-0.1%-16.2%0.01-0.001.0x2254%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3.2
-0.0%-8.2%0.00-0.001.0x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.5
-0.0%-0.9%-0.19-0.051.0x20%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.7
-3.1%-47.9%-0.47-0.060.6x8243%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-5.4%-64.5%-0.79-0.080.4x16654%
MACD
fast=16, slow=26, signal=23
-6.2%-71.1%-0.87-0.090.3x24249%
Buy and hold-2.2%-46.3%-0.13-0.050.7x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2009-01-06 → 2009-01-07), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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